Better Than ‘Outsider Art’ — ‘Insider Art’

The New York Times reports that Sartre Stuelke, an artist-turned-medical-student, is using a CT scan to peer into everyday objects — like stuffed animals, Big Macs and cell phones. The results are often hauntingly beautiful or just weirdly ghostlike. I have to say I’m not surprised the electronic gadgets are generally disappointing — they rarely […]

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The New York Times reports that Sartre Stuelke, an artist-turned-medical-student, is using a CT scan to peer into everyday objects — like stuffed animals, Big Macs and cell phones. The results are often hauntingly beautiful or just weirdly ghostlike. I have to say I’m not surprised the electronic gadgets are generally disappointing — they rarely have visually interesting gears or pulleys or wheels, so they show up as blocks of neon. And the food kind of looks like you’d expect it to, except for the radioactive-looking colors. Hands down, the best are the toys.

Jerome Weeks is the Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA. Previously at The Dallas Morning News, he was the book columnist for 10 years and the drama critic for 10 years before that. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre and Men’s Vogue magazines. View more about Jerome Weeks.